UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
Current Report
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
March 4, 2019
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
IMMERSION CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-38334 | 94-3180138 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission file number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| 50 Rio Robles, San Jose, CA | 95134 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
(408) 467-1900
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
(b)
On March 1, 2019, Nancy Erba, Immersion’s Chief Financial Officer, informed the Company that she is leaving the Company effective March 14, 2019 to pursue other opportunities. Ms. Anne Marie Peters, the Company’s General Counsel, has been appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer until such time as a successor can be found.
Anne Marie Peters has been at Immersion since December 2008 serving as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. From 1998 to 2008, Ms. Peters was an associate, and then corporate partner at Morrison & Foerster LLP. Prior to practicing law, Ms. Peters held positions in the diagnostic manufacturing field at Chiron Corporation. Ms. Peters holds a Bachelor in Molecular and Cell Biology from the University of California, Berkeley, a Master of Business Administration with an emphasis in finance from the Graduate School of Management at the University of California, Davis, and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of California, Davis School of Law.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| IMMERSION CORPORATION | ||||
| Date: March 4, 2019 | By: | /s/Amie Peters | ||
| Name: Amie Peters Title: General Counsel | ||||